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Sniping in Battlefield 3: End Game using a helicopter

David Hinkle — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:30:00 EST

We're not talking about long-distance dome-capping in Battlefield 3's final DLC, End Game, while using a helicopter - actually, that's exactly what we're talking about. It's just not accomplished here in the way you're thinking.

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One final look at Battlefield 3 'End Game' DLC

Alexander Sliwinski — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:45:00 EST

With "End Game" the announced conclusion of Battlefield 3's downloadable content schedule, we will hopefully never have to post another one of its cockamamie release schedules again. Here's some new screenshots from the DLC and its release schedule again for clarity.

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Battlefield 3's 'End Game' DLC begins staggered deployment next week

Xav de Matos — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:00:00 EST

DICE has revealed its plan of attack, announcing on its Battlefield blog the release schedule for End Game, the final piece of downloadable content for Battlefield 3.

PlayStation 3 players with 'Battlefield Premium' accounts will see the content on Tuesday, March 5, as part of the subscription. For premium users on Xbox 360 and PC, End Game will arrive on Tuesday, March 12. PlayStation 3 users without Battlefield Premium accounts can purchase the content on March 19, while Xbox 360 and PC users will have to wait until March 26 to gain access to the DLC.

Pricing for non-Premium users has not yet been revealed, though previous Battlefield 3 content releases launched for $14.99 (1200 Microsoft Points).

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Battlefield 3 'End Game' DLC dubbed 'lethal high-speed warfare'

Jordan Mallory — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:30:00 EST

More information has been released regarding the contents of Battlefield 3's final DLC pack "End Game," which is still slated for March 2013. Specifically, End Game will include four new maps "designed for high speed combat and action," according to the announcement, as well as three new vehicles, a support dropship with the ability to deliver vehicles and the addition of Capture the Flag as a playable mode.

As always, End Game will be available for "free" to anyone with a Battlefield Premium membership/subscription/dark pact, though normal folk will need to pony up some cash for the right to ride a dirt bike into a hail of bullets, which doesn't really sound like the best idea if we're being honest.

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Battlefield 3's End Game to include deadly motorcycles, vs. Armored Kill's tanks

Jessica Conditt — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:30:00 EST

Battlefield 3's End Game DLC, due out March 2013, will have players take out enemies while looking studly on motorcycles, as demonstrated by the above image taken from EA's Summer Showcase. End Game is slated to contain new maps, vehicles and more, and is the final of three announced DLC packs for BF3, following Armored Kill in September and Aftermath in December.

First up, fans will get their hands on Armored Kill, which features manic vehicular manslaughter in the form of ATVs, mobile artillery and most lethally of all tanks, as shown in the following gallery.

Gallery: Battlefield 3 - Armored Kill (Tank Superiority)

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Battlefield 3 'Aftermath' DLC in December, 'End Game' in March

Jordan Mallory — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:00:00 EST

Battlefield 3's "Aftermath" DLC pack, leaked way back when and then finally confirmed but a day ago, will find itself in the hands of capable soldiers the world over come December, according to this Battlefield Premium hype page.

The site's calendar also officially acknowledges and dates BF3's "End Game" DLC pack for March of 2013. Both packs are said to contain four new maps, new unspecified weapons, equally new and equally unspecified vehicles, and "more." While Battlefield Premium subscribers gain access to DLC content two weeks earlier than regular folk, we expect the December and March launch windows to apply to both categories of people, provided the Premium launches aren't near the tail end of either month.

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Blizzard: Diablo 3's 'item hunt' endgame isn't sustainable

Jessica Conditt — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:45:00 EST

Diablo 3's current endgame, a supposedly endless item-hunt and enemy-slaughtering system, isn't as infinite as Blizzard first hoped it would be, and players are quickly running out of things to do, community manager Bashiok writes in the Battle.net forums. Blizzard is aware of this problem and is considering options for a more succinct endgame solution.

"Killing enemies and finding items is a lot of fun, and we think we have a lot of the systems surrounding that right, or at least on the right path with a few corrections and tweaks," Bashiok writes. "But honestly Diablo 3 is not World of Warcraft. We aren't going to be able to pump out tons of new systems and content every couple months. There needs to be something else that keeps people engaged, and we know it's not there right now."

Blizzard is working on version 1.0.4, which will have "as many fixes and changes" as it can pack into one update, and 1.1, which will introduce PvP arenas. These updates will help, as will the progression systems Blizzard is considering, but they aren't the solution in the long run - and since 1.1 is still "a ways out," it is the long run.

"I think both those patches will do a lot to give people things to do, and get them excited about playing, but they're not going to be a real end-game solution, at least not what we would expect out of a proper end-game," Bashiok says.

Blizzard didn't release an unfinished game; it truly believed the item hunt would be a sustainable system, Bashiok writes.

"Hindsight is 20/20 I suppose, but we believed pre-release that the item hunt would be far more sustainable, and would work to be a proper end-game for quite a while," he says. "That didn't turn out to be true, and we recognize that."

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Battlefield 3 DLC trio coming in June, fall, winter this year

Jessica Conditt — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:30:00 EST

Expanding on our knowledge base from the earlier Battlefield 3 expansion reveal, EA has confirmed that "Close Quarters" will launch in June, followed by "Armored Kill" in the fall and "End Game" this winter.

Hit the break for more details on the punch these DLC packs are ... well, packing.

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